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I am going to make baskets from scrapbook cardstock. I am going to go to Party City and buy little party favors in brown, red, purple, yellow, white and green Easter grass.

Then I will make index cards that say the following:

The colors in my basket are my own special way to tell the story of that first Easter day.Green inside my basket is like the palms that lay upon the ground for Jesus for His parade one day.Purple inside my basket reminds me of the time that Jesus shared with His friends a meal of bread and wine.Red inside my basket reminds me it is truethat Jesus loves us so much He died for me and you.Brown inside my basket, as dark as in a cave reminds me of the sad place that was our Jesus' grave. White inside my basket is like the angel bright who gladly said "He's risen! Our Jesus is all right."Yellow in my basket that matches the bright sun reminds me of that Easter and what our God has done.

Melt the butter and put the cinnamon sugar mixture in a bowl. Grease your baking pan and pre-heat the oven according to the crescent roll directions. (You can read John 19 if you would like!)

Give your child a marshmallow and explain that it represents Jesus. After Jesus died on the cross he was prepared for burial. Back then that meant using oil (the melted butter) and spices (the cinnamon sugar mixture.)

(Dip the marshmallow in butter and then roll in the cinnamon sugar mixture)

Then he was wrapped in linen cloth.

(Place the marshmallow in the crescent roll. You will need to wrap it up tightly and pinch it shut. You will want to make sure that it is sealed!)

(Place on a cookie sheet.)

Then, he was placed in a tomb (represented by the oven) and a large rock was placed to block the entrance (the oven door).

(Close the oven door and cook according to crescent roll’s package instructions)

On Sunday morning, the third day, Mary Magdalene and several other women went to the tomb. When they arrived, they found the tomb had been opened already. When they went in, they did not find Jesus’ body and the wondered what had happened.

Suddenly, two angels appeared. The women were terrified, but the angels said to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you that He would be turned over to sinful men, be crucified, and rise again on the third day!”

The women ran back to tell Jesus’ apostles what they had seen. Peter and one of the other apostles went to the tomb to see for themselves. They looked in and saw the linen cloths that Jesus’ body had been wrapped in but nothing else.

(Open your roll! Jesus – represented by the marshmallow – is not there! He has risen! All that is left are the linens he was wrapped in – the roll.)

If you ever make the resurrection rolls, wrap them TIGHTLY! Mine oozed out all over my oven and set off the fire alarm. lol My friends are fun and they laughed. And they were delicious!

For the baskets, I did this for the colors:Green- grassPurple- flower stickersRed- angry bird fruit chewsBrown- chocolate bunny White bookmarkYellow- bunny post it notepads

And a pic of the craft:

We took paper plates and punched a circle in them. then attached a round brown "stone" with a brad and decorated. We stapled another paper plate the opposite way on the other side so it would be "empty inside.